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Benefit of stereoscopic volume rendering for the identification of pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis from CT angiography

Michelle Noga, Ross Cockburn, Jiali Luan, Deepa Krishnaswamy, Kumaradevan PunithakumarUniversity of Alberta. Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. University of Manitoba. Dalhousie University.Canada PLOS Digital HealthPLOS Digit Health 2023; 2: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000215 AbstractThe use of three-dimensional (3D) technologies in medical practice is increasing; however, its use is largely untested. One 3D technology, stereoscopic volume-rendered 3D display, can improve […]

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Acute Pulmonary Vasodilator Testing and Long-Term Clinical Course in Segmental Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Liezl Domingo, H. Sonali Magdo, Ronald W. DayUniversity of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2018; 39: 501-508DOI: 10.1007/s00246-017-1780-9 AbstractResults of acute pulmonary vasodilator testing (AVT) and the outcome of medical therapy have not been described in patients with segmental pulmonary vascular disease (SPVD). We sought to compare the pulmonary vasodilatory effects of

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Acute vasodilator testing: An opportunity to advance the precision care of pulmonary hypertension

Meghan M. Cirulis, Lynda O. Jorgensen, Ronald W. DayUniversity of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2019; 28: DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100911 AbstractThe pulmonary arterial pressure of a child with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension immediately normalized while breathing nitric oxide during heart catheterization at 8 years of age. Her acute pulmonary

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Congenital Surfactant C Deficiency with Pulmonary Hypertension – A Case Report

Wei Chard Chua, I-Chen Chen, Yi-Ching Liu, Yen-Hsien Wu, Shih-Hsing Lo, Jong-Hau Hsu, Peir-In Liang, Hsiu-Lin Chen, Zen-Kong DaiKaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Taiwan ChildrenChildren 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3390/children9101435 AbstractInterstitial lung diseases in children are a diverse group in terms of etiology and pathogenesis. With advances in genetic testing, mutations in surfactant protein have now been identified

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Use of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapies in Patients with a Fontan Circulation: Current Practice Across the United Kingdom

Andrew Constantine, Robert M. R. Tulloh, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Petra Jenkins, Robin Condliffe, Katrijn Jansen, Natali A. Y. Chung, James Oliver, Helen Parry, Samantha Fitzsimmons, Niki Walker, Stephen John Wort, Vasilios Papaioannou, Kate von Klemperer, Paul CliftRoyal Brompton HospitalRoyal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. Imperial College London. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. University Hospital Bristol. Royal Hallamshire

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Operability of atrial septal defect with borderline pulmonary vascular resistance index: A study in developing country

Oktavia Lilyasari, Rini Istisakinah, Rina Ariani, Budi Rahmat, Lies Dina Liastuti, Yovi Kurniawati, Hary Sakti Muliawan, Renan SukmawanUniversitas Indonesia and National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita. Indonesia Frontiers in SurgeryFront Surg 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.1031451 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to atrial septal defect (ASD) is an important determinant of morbidity and mortality in defect closure. We aimed

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Deficiency in DDR1 Induces Pulmonary Hypertension and Impaired Alveolar Development

Quinn A. Bonafiglia, Yu-Qing Zhou, Guangpei Hou, Rhidita Saha, Ying-Han R. Hsu, Jonah Burke-Kleinman, Michelle P. BendeckUniversity of Toronto, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and University Health Network.Canada American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular BiologyAm J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2022; 67: 562-573DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0124OC AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is a multifaceted condition characterized by elevated

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Long-term outcomes of transcatheter Potts shunt in children with suprasystemic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Raymond N. Haddad, Maryline Levy, Isabelle Szezepanski, Sophie Malekzadeh-Milani, Damien BonnetHôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades and Université de Paris Cité.France Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1028304 AbstractBackground: Transcatheter Potts shunt (TPS) is a palliation alternative for children with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Debates on the long-term outcomes remain unsolved.Objectives: To evaluate long-term clinical and

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Extremely premature infants born at 23-25 weeks gestation are at substantial risk for pulmonary hypertension

Hannes Sallmon, Martin Koestenberger, Alexander Avian, Friedrich Reiterer, Bernhard Schwaberger, Katharina Meinel, Gerhard Cvirn, Stefan Kurath-Koller, Andreas Gamillscheg, Georg HansmannEuropean Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network. Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin. Medical University Graz. Hannover Medical School. Germany and Austria Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2022; 42: 781-787DOI: 10.1038/s41372-022-01374-w AbstractObjective: Extremely low gestational age newborns (ELGANs) represent an especially

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